TORONTO, ON – Canada Basketball’s Women’s High Performance program is pleased to announce the 17 athletes who have been invited to the June 9-10 tryout by invitation. The group will compete for a chance to represent Canada on the U16 Women’s National Team, participating in the 2015 U16 FIBA Americas, in Puebla, Mexico from June 24-28.

“We’re excited to bring this young group together. For many of them it will be their first opportunity to represent Canada on the international stage,” said Head Coach Carly Clarke.

Clarke (Ryerson University), will be joined by Assistants Jodi Gram (Bill Crothers S.S.), Dani Sinclair (University of Victoria) and Performance Analyst Michele Hynes (University of Manitoba),

Following the tryout, the team will participate in a 10-day training camp from June 11-20 at the University of Toronto – Mississauga.

In 2014, the U17 Women’s National Team finished 6th at the U17 FIBA World Championships. Canada is currently ranked 4th worldwide in the FIBA Women’s age-group rankings.

A full list of athletes and coaches can be found below.

<table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Position</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Height</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hometown</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laeticia Amihere</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>6-1</p></td><td><p>Mississauga, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niyah Becker</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>Winnipeg, MB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jama Bin-Edward</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-8</p></td><td><p>Waterloo, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hailey Brown</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>6-1</p></td><td><p>Hamilton, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macaela Crone</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>6-1</p></td><td><p>Moose Jaw, SK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah Donovan</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>London, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Louise Forsyth</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>6-0</p></td><td><p>Langley, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hanna Hall</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-2</p></td><td><p>Hamilton, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taya Hanson</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-7</p></td><td><p>Kelowna, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alyssa Jerome</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>6-1</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roxane Makolo</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-7</p></td><td><p>St-Hubert, QC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kate Moran</p></td><td><p>Centre</p></td><td><p>6-2</p></td><td><p>Waterloo, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shaina Pellington</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-6</p></td><td><p>Pickering, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aiden Rainford</p></td><td><p>Forward</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyla Shand</p></td><td><p>Centre</p></td><td><p>6-2</p></td><td><p>Saskatoon, SK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sage Stobbart</p></td><td><p>Centre</p></td><td><p>6-1</p></td><td><p>Vancouver, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paulla Weekes</p></td><td><p>Guard</p></td><td><p>5-7</p></td><td><p>Scarborough, ON</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NAME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>POSITION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AFFILIATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOMETOWN</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carly Clarke</p></td><td><p>Co-Head Coach</p></td><td><p>Ryerson U</p></td><td><p>Halifax, NS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jodi Gram</p></td><td><p>Co-Head&nbsp;Coach</p></td><td><p>Bill Crothers S.S.</p></td><td><p>Markham, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dani Sinclair</p></td><td><p>Assistant Coach</p></td><td><p>U of Victoria</p></td><td><p>Victoria, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michele Hynes</p></td><td><p>Performance Analyst</p></td><td><p>U of Manitoba</p></td><td><p>Winnipeg, MB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michelle Bell</p></td><td><p>Therapist</p></td><td><p>Ryerson U</p></td><td><p>Brampton, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Megan Pinske</p></td><td><p>Team Manager</p></td><td><p>U of Alberta</p></td><td><p>Coquitlam, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marcus Jansen</p></td><td><p>Physician</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agnes Borg</p></td><td><p>Manager – Youth Player Development</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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